CHANGE OF FIXTURE. Red Star originally had planned to play a friendly game versus Viry-Châtillon next Wednesday evening at Marville, but seeing as how the clubs will meet in a league clash just two weeks after, commonsense has prevailed and so the Audoniens' opponents next Wednesday will be Créteil reserves.
RED STAR v CRETEIL, Wednesday 25th July, 7-30pm CET, Stade Marville
FIRST WIN. On Wednesday evening, under pouring rain at Clairefontaine, Red Star beat Paris FC 2-1, a game played in three periods of twenty minutes. Saturdays' game, in principle, will be played as two halves of forty-five minutes. Jean-Luc Girard will again test out a number of players, as well as Foulon, R. Gomis, N'Goma, Le Pape, Perron, Busuttil, Boumendjel, Pendola, Saïti (photo), Azoulay, Sabin and A. Gomis. The Finnish player, Anderson, did not feature in the win on Wednesday. On trial that day were Batchi, Boncoeur, Sissoko, Claire and Sorreau.
FIRST OUTING FOR RESERVES. On Saurday evening, 21st July 5pm CET at the Stade Pablo Neruda (Saint-Ouen), the reserves of Red Star and Beauvais meet in a friendly fixture.
ILL-INFORMED. On Thursday we rang Red Stars' offices to have the kick-off times for CFA games. The reply we got was typical : "The times haven't been decided yet, neither have admission prices"... more to follow.

RED STAR TRY GOALKEEPER. Former Angoulême goalkeeper Bertrand Gallou (photo) is currently undergoing trials with Red Star. Born in Tours, the 9th May 1974, Gallou has also defended the goals of Tours and Mulhouse. He could feature in Red Stars' next friendly on Saturday at Marville against newly-promoted to the CFA, POISSY. Last season Red Stars' first team disposed of Poissy in the Cup, winning 3-0 away despite one or two difficulties, but Red Stars' reserves struggled against the best defence in the division, drawing at home before losing the away fixture. Former Red Star man Laurent Delanoue is currently on trial with Poissy.

FIRST TEST AT CLAIREFONTAINE. Tomorrow evening (6pm CET) Red Star kick off their campaing 2001-2002 with a friendly game at the Centre Technique National Fernand Sastre, Clairefontaine against Paris FC. The Parisiens are optimisitic and ambitious, and have ex-LNF boss Noël Le Graët as vice-president. As for Red Star, coach Jean-Luc Girard will be using the game to test his squad and also to evaluate several triallists with the aim of building a team capable of winning the CFA.
The Centre Technique National Fernand Sastre, Domaine de Montjoye, at Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines was opened in 1988. It is the home of the various national sides before games. It is also used by various clubs in preparations, because of the huge range of ultra-modern facilities available. Directions : Clairefontaine is 50 km from Paris, in the Haute Vallée de Chevreuse. Take the Autoroute A10 (Pont de Sèvres), exit Dourdan, then direction Rambouillet, by the Départementale D 27; in the village of Clairefontaine, turn right at the traffic lights. By SNCF, Gare Montparnasse, direction Rambouillet, then take a bus or a taxi. By RER, Line B (Châtelet-les-Halles), direction Saint-Rémy-les-Chevreuse, then by taxi.
(Photo, left : At Clairefontaine, 1995, during the Under-17s championship, Red Star win against Epinal.)

RED STAR RESERVES PRE-SEASON FRIENDLIES :
Saturday 21st July : Red Star – Beauvais, 5pm CET, Stade Neruda
Wednesday 25th July : Red Star – Créteil, 5pm CET, Stade Neruda
Saturday 28th July : Châlons – Red Star, 5pm CET, Châlons
Wednesday 1st August : Péronne – Red Star, 7pm CET, Péronne
Saturday 4th August : Red Star – Mantes, 7pm CET, Mantes
Sunday 5th August : Reims – Red Star, 3pm CET, Reims
JEAN-LUC GIRARD : CONFIDENT. As a gentle drizzle fell on Stade Marville, coach Jean-Luc Girard gave us an exclusive interview. He stated that he aims to bring back the "Red Star Spirit", something that appears to have been lacking during last season.
Jean-Luc, tell us about your squad ?
"I have a good sqiad of players available, with a good spirit, many are from the youth teams at the club. As well as that we have a few players undergoing trials. We are rebuilding."
And a goalkeeper ?
"We are looking, we're in no hurry".
Confident ?
"For the moment, yes, we're building up to the first pre-season friendly next Wednesday".
INJURY LIST. Kalu N'Goma (photo) is out with a muscle strain and will be undergoing treatment. He missed a training session comprised of jogging in the morning and some work with a ball in the afternoon. Amongst the players on view was a 22-years old Togan international centre-forwards.
MARVILLE. The Mayor of Noisy-le-Sec has sent a letter to the county council to demand that Noisy play their home games at Marville during rebuilding work at the Stade Allende.
TOULOUSE. Ex-Red Star General Manager Michel Moulin will not be after all taking over at Toulouse, following his groups' promosed take-over of the club being rejected, and that of Catair being successful.

Coach
J-L. Girard
Asst. Coach
C. Fiatte

NEWS. Last years' pros are still looking for new clubs, and are keeping in form by playing with the UNFP, a squad made of players looking for new clubs. Ex-Red Star men included are Abda, El Othmani, Leugueun, Milton, Oponga, Saxemard and Dambou Traoré. Another Red Star old boy, the "Irishman" Tony Cascarino is linked with a possible return to football as coach to Toulouse, who have been taken over by a consortium fronted by former Red Star General Manager Michel Moulin.
Meanwhile, Vincent Doukantie (Strasbourg) is linked with a move to Paris region club Créteil (D2), as is Cédric Fontaine (Amiens). Goalkeeper Stéphane Lucas is heading back to Marville, only this time to temporary residents Noisy-le-Sec. Abdoulaye Meïté (Marseille) is linked with a move to Servette de Genève (Switzerland).
COUPE DE FRANCE. This years' competition kicks off for the CFA clubs with the fourth round on the 16th September.

BACK TO TRAINING. Pierre Repellini, pictured, has been designated as Technical Adviser to Red Star 93. The clubs' coaches will be Jean-Luc Girard and Christophe Fiatte, the latter promoted from reserve team coach following last season' successful CFA 2 campaign.
NEW RECRUITS.
Loïc Le Pape, defender, from Thouars (relegated to the CFA), born Blanc Mesnil, 22nd August 1975 - 1,84 m – 72 kg. Former youngster at Saint-Ouen, he returns to the club where he started out on a career that has taken him to Levallois, La Rochelle, La Roche-sur-Yon, Aubervilliers, Excelsior (Ile de la Réunion) and Rochefort-sur-Mer.
Cédric Sabin, striker from newly-promoted to the CFA Brive, born Paris XIX, 2nd November 1979 – 1,87 m - 82 kg. Also started out with Red Star before moving to Langon-Castets.
STAYING PUT. Rudy Perron (photo, on the right) will be staying with Red Star 93, but Kamel Ouejdide (left) will be leaving the club. Arthur et Robert Gomis, Franck Busutill, Macédo Gomes Varela will be with Red Star 93, and several youngsters including Sangar, Saïti, Pendola, Azoulay, Guidali and Foulon, the under-17s' goalkeeper.

RED STAR IN CFA GROUP A. The FFF (no, not that excellent group of musicians) have announced the structure of the CFA. Red Star are in group A, which covers mostly the north and the east. There are eighteen teams in the group, so that means a few less matches than usual, but get out your road maps, and start looking for :
Abbeville (promoted from CFA 2), Avion (promoted from CFA 2), Dunkerque, La Chapelle Saint-Luc, Lens reserves, Les Lilas, L'Hôpital, Lille reserves, Metz reserves, Mulhouse, Nancy reserves, Raon-l'Etape, Strasbourg reserves, Troyes reserves, Valenciennes (relegated from the National), Vesoul (promoted from CFA 2) and Viry-Châtillon.
Just two Parisian derbies, Les Lilas and Viry-Châtillon. Tips for the top ? Look no further than Dunkerque, Raon-l'Etape, Valenciennes … and why not Red Star ?
THE OTHER GROUPS OF THE CFA. Group B : Agde, GFCO Ajaccio, SC Bastia, Beaucaire, Bourg-Péronnas, Draguignan, Endoume Marseille, Fréjus, Hyères, Ile Rousse, Marseille (2), Monaco (2), Montpellier (2), Nice (2), Saint-Etienne (2), Saint-Priest, Vénissieux & Vitrolles.
Group C : Albi, Aurillac, Balma, Bourges, Brive, Châtellerault, Fontenay-le-Comte, Libourne, Limoges, Lyon (2), Montauban, Muret, Nantes (2), Romorantin, Thouars, Toulouse (2), Tours & Trélissac.
Group D : Auxerre (2), Cherbourg, Dieppe, Guingamp (2), Le Havre (2), Levallois, Mondeville, Pacy-sur-Eure, Paris FC, Paris SG (2), Poissy, Pontivy, Rennes (2), Rouen, Saint-Lô, Sannois-Saint-Gratien, Vannes & Vitréenne.
RED STAR AND THE OTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS:.
CFA 2 :
Red Star (2), Aubervilliers, Cambrai, Châlons-en-Champagne, Chantilly, Chaumont, Créteil (2), Douai, Ivry, Marly, Moissy-Cramayel, Reims (2), Saint-Dizier, Saint-Quentin, Sedan (2), Senlis.
CHAMPIONNAT DE FRANCE (Under 17s) :
Red Star, Amiens, Beauvais, Caen, Chantilly, Le Havre, Le Havre Frileuse, Lens, Lille, Rouen, Valenciennes, Wasquehal.
CHAMPIONNAT DE FRANCE (Under 15s) :
Red Star, Caen, Caen PTT, Cherbourg, Le Havre, Le Havre Municipal, Mondeville, Saint-Lô.

PRE-SEASON FRIENDLIES.

• Wednesday July 18th at Clairefontaine (6pm CET) : Red Star 93 – Paris FC.
• Saturday July 21st at Marville (7-30pm CET) : Red Star 93 – Poissy.
• Wednesday July 25th at Marville (7-30pm CET) : Red Star 93 – Viry-Châtillon.
• Saturday July 28th at Tours (6pm CET) : FC Tours – Red Star 93
• Wednesday August 1st at Martin l'Eglise (7pm CET) : FC Dieppois – Red Star 93
• Saturday August 4th at Caen (7pm CET) : Caen (reserves) – Red Star 93.

TOULOUSE JOIN RED STAR. Thirty four years after the infamous merger between Red Star and Toulouse, the two clubs once again find themselves playing at the same level. Toulouse have gone into liquidation and will no doubt be re-born again playing in the CFA. Photo : André Mérelle and Max Richard, both ex-Red Star men, the latter arriving at the club as a result of the merger with Toulouse

TRANSFER NEWS. Olivier Saragaglia (photo) is still without a club, whereas Rudy Perron, just behind in the photo, appears to be staying with Red Star. Mickaël Natchimie is on his way to Sedan (D1) but Kalu NGoma is still destination unknown. Aïchour, Oponga, Pizzo, Richard, Saxemard, Serreau and Traoré are still on the lookout for new clubs.
TRAINING. Before playing their first pre-season friendly, the players will have a week of training, with two sessions daily under the guidance of coach Pierre Repellini.

RANDGET JOINS LE MANS. This weekend yet another Red Star player has turned his back on the sinking ship - this time it is the turn of promising young striker Yoann Randget, he of the famous shirt badge kissing incident during the game against Louhans. Champion with the team which won the DHR, in 1999-2000, he joined the first team at the start of last season. He has signed for three season with his new club.